“BPM” (Beats Per Minute) is up for 10 Cesar Awards — the French equivalent of the Oscar — on March 2.

“BPM” (Beats Per Minute) is up for 10 Cesar Awards — the French equivalent of the Oscar — on March 2.

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The award-winning French docudrama about early AIDS activists in France, “BPM” (Beats Per Minute) is set for a Stamford screening.

The award-winning French docudrama about early AIDS activists in France, “BPM” (Beats Per Minute) is set for a Stamford screening.

Photo: The Orchard / Contributed Photo

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Focus on French Cinema series features ‘BPM (Beats Per Minute)’

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The Hearst Movie & A Martini group will see the prize-winning 2017 French docudrama “BPM (Beats Per Minute)” at the Avon Theatre in Stamford.

The screening is part of the French Cinematheque series at the Avon, sponsored by Focus on French Cinema and the Alliance Francaise of Greenwich.

In December, “BPM (Beats Per Minute)” won the 2017 best foreign language film prizes of both the New York and Los Angeles film critics’ organizations. The film is vying for 10 Cesar Awards — the French equivalent of the Oscar — which will be presented in Paris March 2.

Robin Campillo’s drama is set in the early 1990s and deals with Paris AIDS activists involved with the ACT UP organization. The real life events are contrasted with a fictional love story.

After the movie, Hearst writer Joe Meyers will lead a Q&A with an HIV/AIDS specialist, Dr. A.C. Demidont.